Marsabit County

Marsabit County
Population (state) - population density	459,785 inhabitants (2019) 7 inhabitants / km²
surface	66,923.1 km²
Coordinates	2 ° 40 ′  N , 37 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 2 ° 40 ′  N , 37 ° 55 ′  E
ISO 3166-2	KE-25

Marsabit County (until 2010 Marsabit District ) is a county in northern Kenya . The capital is Marsabit . In 2019, the county lived 459,785 people on 66,923.1 km². Until 1995, Marsabit County and the Moyale District formed one district. Marsabit County is the second largest county in Kenya after Turkana County and occupies more than 10% of the area of ​​the entire country. To the west, the county borders on Lake Turkana . Marsabit County is divided into the divisions Central, Gadamoji, Laisamis, Maikona, Loiyangalani and North Horr . The 1550 km² Marsabit National Park is located on Mount Marsabit .

The county's climate is arid , with only 10% of the area considered arable. In 2003 45% of the population lived below the poverty line, 90% of the population has no direct access to clean water. More than 80% of the population are unable to read and write.

economy

The people of Marsabit County make a living from raising livestock. Mainly zebus , goats and sheep are bred. In addition to maize, beans and grain are grown on the few arable land , as well as coffee beans , Kath and legumes . Fishing is carried out on Lake Turkana.

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  Members of the Elgume

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  A bird's eye view of an Elgume village

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  Off-road vehicle in the sand

Healthcare

The district has the 86-bed Marsabit County Hospital in the capital, Marsabit. More than 20% of the children were underweight in 2003, and 8.6% of the children died before their 5th birthday.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County. KNBS, accessed November 20, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Interactive data sheet ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Bill Derman, Rie Odgaard, Espen Sjarstaad: Conflicts over land and water. Michigan State University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-86914-129-5 . here online at books.google, accessed on June 24, 2011.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Marsabit District  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 133 kB) at kenyafoodsecurity.org, accessed on June 24, 2011.  
5. ↑ Entry on ehealth.or.ke ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 24, 2011.  

Web links

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